Scotch block



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BY www Patented June 28, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE v STANLEY W. HAYES, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO TRACK APPLIANCE COMPANY, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA scoren BLOCK Application filed October 18, 1930. Serial No. V489,524.

The invention is an improved and simplied scotch block or the like for use on railway tracks, and is primarily applicable to the type of scotch block disclosed in the Whilt Patent No. 1,369,910 and in which parts-of the block extend below the base of the rail into the plane of the ties `to insure dissipation of the shock of car wheel impact to the ties and/or ballast. Y The scotch block of this application also embodies certain aspects of the scotch block disclosed and claimed in the co-pending application of the present applicant iiled- August 8, 1929, Ser. No. 384,260, and which issued April 21, 1931 as Patent No.

1,801,917. It is furthermore of the type of car stop applicableto the rail without drilling it, thus avoiding rigidity, and as it is capable of sliding o n. the rail under severe shock and carries the stress of such shock to the tie and ballasts, it atl'ords a springy, shock absorbing resistance or cushion eliminating or minimizing damage to the car or to itself.

Referring to the drawing: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one of the scotch'blocks in place on the rail;

Fig. 2 is a perspective on a larger scale showing the principal members of the scotch block ready for assembling;

Fig. 3 is a front sectional elevation in the vertical plane of the clamp screws showing the block applied to the heaviest rail for which it is adapted;

Fig. lis a rear .elevation partly in section corresponding to Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a front elevation, showing the block applied to a light rail.

In the preferred form of the block which is that illustrated there are but three main parts yseparately made and integrally united 401 by welding. These are the block proper or car wheel abutment member 1 and the inverted U members 2 and 3, all most cheaply made from flat'steel stock of appropriate weight. The abutment member 1 may be stamped from sheet steel, or cut out from a rolled sheet steel plate by oxy-acetylene flame, or otherwise given the desired' contour.

The front edge of this'plate constitutes a carv wheel receiving abutment 4. The other parts 2, 3, are formed by bending fiat strips of steel into U-shape.` They are then applied to I Y straddle the rail when the scotch block has.

been applied to it.' The member 2 supports block centering and holding means and the member 3 transmits car wheel thrust to the tie and/or ballast. The block 1 extends up from the rail top a distance of 16%,, or to substantially the height of the car wheel axis, so'as to preclude overrunning of the block by the wheel. Its height thus produces or accentuates upward turning moment of the front end of the abutment and necessitates provision of meansfor resisting-.such moment. The'block also has special need to be supportedV against lateral displacement as well as against jumping off the rail or. skewing on initial cai wheel impact. Furthermore, on such occasions as itis forced ahead of the wheel displacing the tie, its movement must be guided and kept straight by the rail as a guide, and its accidental removal from the rail must be prevented. These offices are performed b v centeringr means associated' with the member 2, in the form of opposed screws 7, 8, bearing 'with their flat ends against opposite sides of the rail head. and by` the clamping screws 9, 10, also opposed and bearing on opposite sides of the rail web beneath. and in the largest rail. partly against the underside of, the rail head This clamps t-he block 4in upright positionon the rail, and firmlyV against lateral movement, and with the largest rail, clamps the block down on the rail head, but clamping downward on the rail head has been found not to be necessary; a Vertical play offan inch or so, such as indicated in Fig'. 5 does no harm, and thus the singlev pair or web clamping'bolts suffices for the Vseveral weights of rail, with which the device may be used.A With any weight of rail within the-range for which the scotch block is designed the clamping Ameans is adapted to co-operate with the head of the rail to limit upward movement of the block on car wheel impact. If initially in contact with the head of the rail, the clamping means limits the movement to almost if not literally zero. Although the block shown in Fig. 5 functions properly, additional screw holes for bolts 9, 10, so located as to insure contact of the screws with the underside of the head of a. lighter rail may be -provided, as indicated by dotted lines at 11. The screws may have lock nuts as shown at 12. There is no cramping action of the device under car wheel thrust, the effect of the screws being vmerely to hold the car wheel abutment l in its proper position on the rail permitting it to be moved endwise thereon when occasion requires. During such movement the rear or tie abutment faces of the lrail strad-dling member 3 transmit the wheel thrust to the tie and ballast affording yielding resistance least injurious `to the rolling stock. e The scotch blocks, it will .be understood, are customarily placed in pairs opposite each other in the track. The nature of the ballast of course determines the extent of the yielding or cushioning action, a tie moving more readily in light cinders and less in stone, but the movement need not be great; half an inch will absorb much shock.

The simplicity, cheapness and ease of installation of this scotch block will be evident. All its parts are, or may be, virtually stock, the three sheet or plate members being of say l steel plate, and the screws being ordinary screws, Sav 1%. 1While the block as illustrated is preferred, it will be apparent that some of its features could be used to advantage in car stops of other types.

I claim:

" l. A .scotch block seating on the rail and having V.a car wheel abutment upstanding above the rail head to substantially the level of the car wheel axis and having downward extension belowthe base of the rail for contact with the roadbed,` and at its forward end a group .of screws seating some against the side of the rail head and some under the rail head.

2. A scotch blockhaving a flat car wheel abutment plate seated edgewise on the rail headV and upstanding therefrom to substantially the level of the car wheel axis, said block at each side of the rail having rigid downward extensions below the base of. the

` which bear on the side of the rail head and certain of which bear under the rail head, the screws of said group being closely assembled and all at one end of the block.

4. A scotch block of the type adapted to be applied to the rail without drilling it having ametal car wheel abutment plate supported edgewise lin the plane of the rail with its lower edge seating on the rail head, and having rigid extensions on opposite sides of the rail, and centering screws in said extensions adapted to seat on opposite sides of the rail head.

' 5. VA scotch block of the type applicable to a rail without drilling it having a metal car wheel Vabutment plate seated edgewise on the rail head and supporting structure extended down from said abutment plate at each side of the rail head, screws carried by said supporting structure at .each side of the rail and adapt-ed for contact with the rail above its base and under the rail head at opposite sides of the rail; for` holding down the abutment plate and-maintaining it upright on the rail under car wheel thrust.

6. A scotch block of the type adapted to be applied to the rail without drilling it and mounted on the rail with freedom to slide thereon under excessively severe car wheel impact, having a car wheel abutment upstanding above the rail head to substantially the level of the car wheel axis and having at the rear of the block rigid downward eX- tensions below the base of the rail at each side of the rail for contact with the road bed,'and means at its forward end extending under the head of the rail above the rail base and adapted to coact with the head of the rail to holddown that end of the block.

Y 7. A scotch block of the type adapted to be applied to the rail without drilling it, an abutment plate seated edgewise on the rail head, and a separately made inverted lil-shaped member itted to said plate, and welded thereto, straddling the rail, .and extending down at each side thereof below the base of the rail into the plane of the ties to deliver car wheel thrust to the tie and ballast.

8. A scotch block of the type adapted to be applied to the rail without drilling it having a metal abutment plate upstanding above the rail head to substantially the level of the car wheel axis and slotted near its base, a separately made, inverted U-shaped member mounted in the slot in symmetrical relation to the plate and welded to the plate. said member having means adapted to coact with the rail to hold down the block and to maintain the abutment plate upright on the rail during movement under car wheel thrust;

9. A scotch block having a metal car wheel abutment plate seated on the rail head and upstanding above the rail head substantially to the level of the car wheel axis and provided with recesses, and separately made inverted U-shaped members, having parts thereof located in said respective recesses and welded to said abutment plate, both of said members straddling the rail and one of said members extending down below the base of the rail into the plane of the ties to transmit thrust of car wheel impact to the tie and ballast, and the other member having means independent of the car wheel to hold the abutment plate upright/on the rail and prevent its turning over endwise during its movement along the raily on car wheel impact.

10. A scotch block of the type adapted to be applied to rails of different weights without drilling them mounted on the rail with freedom to slide thereon under excessively severe wheel impact, having a car wheel abutment in the plane of the rail, and extending down at each side of the rail into the plane of the ties and provided with non-cramping rail-clamping means for common application to rails of different weights extending under the respective rail heads for contact therewith on clamping, or on the occurrence of upward turning movement of the clamping means with the block under car wheel impact, according to the weight of the rail, to hold down the block and maintain it upright on the rail.

11. A scotch block of the type adapted to be applied to the rail wthout drilling it having a metal car wheel abutment plate seating on the rail head upstanding therefrom to substantially the level of the car wheel axis, and separately made rail straddling members secured thereto, one of said members rigidly extending into the plane of the ties for contact therewith or with the ballast to dissipate shock of car wheel impact, and the other of said members having means extending under the rail head and adapted for contact therewith to hol-d down the scotch block and to maintain it upright on the rail under car wheel impact.

12. A scotch block of the type adapted to be applied to the rail without drilling it having a metal car wheel abutment plate seatingr edgewise on the rail head, and separately made inverted U-shaped members integrally secured to said abutment plate, one of said members extending down below the base of the railinto the pla-ne of the ties, and the other being provided with means for centeringr the abutment plate on the rail head and with means located to cooperate with the heads of rails of different weights to clamp the abutment plate to the several rails in upright position and to hold it down.

13. A scotch block having a metal car wheel abutment plate adapted to be set down on the head of the rail with its lower edge resting thereon, said abutment plate being provided with means independent of the car wheelI for maintaining it upright on the rail and holding it down, and being slotted and having a separately made U-shaped member extending through said slot and downward at each side of the' raill below the base ofthe rail into lthe .plane of the ties to transmit car wheel thrust to the tievand/or ballast. f

14. A scotch block having a metalcar wheel abutment plate seating by its lovver'edge on the rail head, and lseparately made inverted U-shapedmembers integrallysecured to said abutment plate, one osaid members extendiing down below the base of the rail into the planeof the ties toi deliver car wheel thrust to the tie and ballast, and theother carrying means for holding downthe abutment plate and kfor maintainingit upright on the rail under car wheel'imp'act. Y 15. Ascotch block having a car wheel abutment plate, means independent ofthe car wheel orholding down Vsaid plate and maintaining-it upright on the rail under car wheel impact, and -an inverted U-*shaped member passing through and'integral with said plate, straddling the-rail and extendingdown at each sidey thereof below `the base' of the. rail intothe plane of the ties to deliver car wheel thrust to the tie and ballast;

. 16. A scotch block of the type adapted to be applied to the rail without drilling it having a metal car wheel abutment plate seated both at front and rear on its lower edge-on the rail head, a U-shaped member separately formed out of sheet metal' and applied to the abutment plate over the rail with its legs extending rigidly down from the plate at each side to points below the rail base in the plane of the ties at each side of the rail and lying in planes extending generally in the direction of the length of the rail, and means carried by the plate for holding it to the rail and maintaining it upright thereon under car wheel impact.

17. A scotch block seating on the rail and having a car wheel abutment upstanding above the rail head to substantially the level of the car wheel axis and having rigid downward extension below the base of the rail at each side of the rail for contact with the roadbed, supporting structure extended down from said abutment plate at each side of the rail head, and screws carried by said supporting structure at each side of the rail and adapted for contact with the rail above its base and extending under the rail head at opposite sides of thek rail for holding down the abutment plat-e and maintaining it upright in the plane of the rail under car wheel thrust.

18. A scotch block of the type adapted to be applied to the rail without drilling it and mounted on the rail with freedom to slide thereon under excessively severe car wheel impact, having a car wheel abutment upstanding above the rail head to substantially the level of the car wheel axis and having rigid downward extensions below the base of the rail' at each side of the rail for contact with the roadbed, and separately operabley clemp members at each side of the rail head for coacting with the underside thereoi.

19. A scotch block or".` he type adapted to be applied to the rail Vwithout drilling it and mounted on the rail with freedom to slide thereon under excessively severe oar wheel impact, having a car wheel abutment upstanding above the rail head to :substantially the level-'of the oar wheel axis and having rigid downward extensions belowV the base of the 'rail at each side of the rail for Contact with the roadbed, and means extending under the head of the rail above the rail base at each Vside of the rail head adapted to ooact with the head of the rail to limit upward movement of the block on oar Wheel impact and to mainteinit upright on the rail under oar wheel thrust. f

20. A scotch block of the type adapted to Y be applied to the rail without drilling it having a car wheel abutment supported by the rail in the plane ofthe rail and extended down rigidly at each side of the rail below the base of the rail into the planeV of the ties by means welded to the car Wheel abutment at opposite sides thereof, and means extending under the rail head for coaotion therewith to clamp the block to the rail and maintain itin upright position. Y A In' testimony whereof,V I have signed this specification. f

' STANLEY W. HAYES. 

